Rail and guard-rail fastener for railway-tracks.



T. MANEYI RAIL AND GUARD BAIL FASTENER FOR RAILWAY TRACKS.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB.23| IBIS.

1,186,410. I Patented June 6, 1916.

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RAIL AND GUARD RAIL FASTENER FOR RAILWAY TRACKS,

I I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1916- Patented une 6, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 I THOMAS MANEY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

RAIL AND GUARD-RAIL FASTENER FOR RAILWAY-TRACKS.

Application filed February 23, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MANEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail andGuard-Rail Fasteners for Railway-Tracks, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in rail and guard-rail fastenersfor railway tracks.

lVhile this invention is an improvement on other appliances patented byme, such as are set forth more particularly in Letters Patent Nos.1,020,298, of March 12, 1912, 1,022,957 patented April 9, 1912, and1,100,594, patented June 16, 1914, still my present invention comprisesa means of holding two rails of a railroad in a certain positionrelative to each other, so that while one rail may perform the duty ofthe main or load-bearing rail, the other may serve as an auxiliary orguard rail to prevent the wheels of a locomotive or cars from departingfar enough from a certain course to leave the main rails, or for theguard-rail to perform any other function that may de pend on a similarposition with respect to the main rail, said means to be applied whenthe main rail rests upon a plate interposed between the tie and the mainrail. This means is composed of two pieces, one a toggle to beinterposed between adjacent flanges of the main and guard-rail, andlocated in the space between ties, and the other a block or shim to beinterposed between the outer or distant flange of the guard-rail baseand a shoulder on the tie-plate. The block or shim rests upon thetie-plate, so that when both the toggle and shim are used in conjunction with a tie-plate of requisite shape having a shoulder at eachend, they will permit the required distance between the heads or ballsof the main rail and guard-rail, with many combinations of railsections, varying in size and shape, and will hold such rails in thedesired relative position, taking due care of the strains developed bythe thrust of the wheels upon the guard-rail.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a transverse section showingan application of my invention when used with main and guard-rails ofapproximately equal height, the full and dotted lines indicating variouspositions the guard-rail might be made to take; Fig. 2 is a similarview, shows Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Serial No. 79,890.

ing a guard-rail of smaller section than the 'main rail, and raised to aheight above the heads of the main and guardrails; Fig. 3 is a planView; Fig. 4 is an enlarged frag mentary plan showing a portion of onetie, and the outer end of the tie-plate and shim; and Fig. 5 is a planview of the form of toggle shown in Fig. 2.

A, represents a tie-plate having shoulders 1 and 2 on opposite ends, andprovided with holes 3 screw-spikes 6, as shown in Fig. 2, as the casemay be.

Numeral 7 indicates the main-rail, and 8 the guard-rail, and 9, 9, arethe ties.

Interposed between the adjacent flanges of the rail-base is a toggle 10of any approved construction, as for instance that shown in Fig. 1,which is substantially the same as that illustrated in Letters PatentNo. 1,100,594, granted to me June 16, 1914, or as shown in Fig. 2. Thistoggle is located between ties, as shown in Fig. 3.

The numeral 12 stands for a block or shim, which may vary in height as Ihave shoulder 2 of the tie-plate, and another recess l4 diametricallylocated to receive the outer base-flange of the guard-rail. This shimreceives both the downward pressure and the lateral thrust of theguard-rail, transmitting these forces to the base-plate in such manneras to be fully sustained by the latter. A slot 15 through the shim, inalinement with the hole 4 in the tie-plate, and immediately adjacent tothe base flange of the guard-rail 8, is adapted to receive the cut-spike5 or screw-spike 6, according to which one is used, and as illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2.

The full and dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 represent the possible rangein throat distance, that is between the heads of the main andguard-rails and also infinite variations formed by slight differences inshape of the toggles and shims, it beingunderstood that the toggle inall cases is located somewhere in the space between ties, and havinglongitudinal side-recesses 16, 16, to receive the adjacent flanges ofthe rails. The inner and 4 for either cut-spikes 5 or,

shape of the toggle or shim or both,

ends of these side-recesses are preferably slightly enlarged, as at 17,to afi'ord clear ance and to provide for the canting of either rail, ifdesired, the main rail merely for convenience in installing, and theguard-rail to regulate the width of throat or space between rails. Alsothis permits of a stronger construction of the toggle 10 than wouldotherwise be possible. The shim is always interposed between the outerflange of the guard-rail and the tie-plate, resting on the latter andbetween the shoulder thereon and the adjacent base-flange of theguard-rail. In this Way, the guard'rail may be given any desiredadjustment or cant, and the guard-rails are held down and rigidlyprevented from overturning, the weight of the rolling load beingutilized to give this tendency. It may be repeated that the combinedeffect of the toggle and shim in this relation with the base-plate andrail-bases furnishes a fastening for any desirable throat distance, withany combination of rail that may be available, simply by altering thesize and For example, assume that the main-rail used is of a certainsection, and a throat distance of two and one-half inches is required,and there is a quantity of small, secondhand rail of certain sectionavailable and on hand, that is obsolete for any other purpose, thissecond-hand material may be utilized as it is for just this conditionthat the present invention is adaptable.

I claim:

1. The combination of a shouldered tieplate, main and guard-rails, atoggle interposed between adjacent flanges of said rails, and a shimhaving recesses to receive a shoulder on the guard-plate and the outerflange of the guard-rail.

2. The combination of a shouldered tieplate, main and guard-rails, atoggle interposed between adjacent flanges 01 said rails, a shim havingrecesses to receive a shoulder on the guard-plate and the outer flangeof the guard-rail, the shim and tie-plate having a slot, a holeapproximately in line with the edge of the rail-base, and a spikeadapted to extend through said hole and slot into the tie below to holdthe guard-rail in osition on the shim, and the shim in posltion againstthe shoulder of the tie-plate.

The combination of a tie-plate havin shoulders at opposite ends thereofand adapted to rest upon a tie, of a main and a. guard-rail, thebase-flange of the main-rail resting against one of the shoulders, meansinterposed between adjacent flanges of the main and guardrails, a shimof variable thickness interposed between the outer flange of theguard-rail and the other shoulder of the tie-plate, and provided withoppositely-located notches to receive said flange and shoulder, andmeans extending through the shim and tie-plate and into the tie, andextending over the base-flange of the rail, whereby to hold the tworails securely between the two shoulders, and to regulate the width ofthroat between the heads of the two rails.

l. The combination of a tie-plate having shoulders at opposite ends, amain-rail resting upon the tie-plate and against one shoulder, aguard-rail, a toggle, a shim, and means passing through the shim andplate for holding one flange of the guard-rail to the shim and thetieplate down on the tie, the toggle being so constructed and placedthat any lateral pressure against the guardrail will be transmittedthrough the toggle upwardly upon the main-rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS MANEY.

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